Police Officer Shot During Raid

March 19, 1989

A Chicago policewoman was shot in the ankle and three people were arrested in two unrelated raids Thursday and Friday by Chicago police.

On Friday, members of the recently formed gun task force went to the rear door of a home at 8008 S. Paulina St. As police came in, the occupant, Ricardo Watkins, 20, fired a shotgun through the back door, slightly wounding Officer Sharon Gaynor, said Lt. William Hayes. Police said they arrested Watkins and seized the unregistered shotgun as well as 200 grams of cocaine.

In the Thursday night raid, tactical unit officers from the Morgan Park District said they found 927 grams of cocaine in a room of the Grand Motel, 10020 S. Halsted St. They arrested Jackie Moore, 22, and Matt Dixon, 18, both of 521 W. 104th St., and charged them with delivery of a controlled substance.